Image Forming Apparatus, User Restriction Method and Use History Generation Method

1. A method implemented by an apparatus having a processor to control the apparatus and a display device, comprising: executing, by the processor, a secure application; displaying, by the secure application executed by the processor, an authentication screen to perform user authentication on the display device; receiving, at the secure application executed by the processor, user identification information that identifies a user; performing, by the secure application executed by the processor, user authentication based on the received user identification; and displaying, when the user authentication is successful, a selection screen for receiving a selection of an application to be executed amongst a plurality of applications, on the display device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the selection screen is a screen limiting selection to applications for which the authenticated user has a right of use from amongst the plurality of selectable applications.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user identification is received via an interface from an external recording medium.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising: executing, by the processor, the selected application amongst the plurality of applications.

5. An apparatus, comprising: a display device; and a processor configured to execute a secure application and implementing: a first display unit configured to display, by the secure application, an authentication screen to perform user authentication on the display device, a receiving unit configured to receiving, at the secure application, user identification information that identifies a user, an authentication unit configured to perform, by the secure application, user authentication based on the received user identification, and a second display unit configured to display, when the user authentication is successful, a selection screen for receiving a selection of an application to be executed amongst a plurality of applications, on the display device.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the selection screen is a screen limiting selection to applications for which the authenticated user has a right of use from amongst the plurality of selectable applications.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the user identification is received via an interface from an external recording medium.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the selected application amongst the plurality of applications.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a secure application that when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement a method, comprising: displaying, by the secure application, an authentication screen to perform user authentication on the display device; receiving, at the secure application, user identification information that identifies a user; performing, by the secure application, user authentication based on the received user identification; and displaying, when the user authentication is successful, a selection screen for receiving a selection of an application to be executed amongst a plurality of applications, on the display device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the selection screen is a screen limiting selection to applications for which the authenticated user has a right of use from amongst the plurality of selectable applications.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the user identification is received via an interface from an external recording medium.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises: executing the selected application amongst the plurality of applications.